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About Help Contact login Rev Martin Wallace SJ Title: Rev First Name: Martin Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Wallace Order: SJ Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1912 Place of Birth: Galway Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 29-Mar-1973 Place of Death: Athelstone SA Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1973 Place of Burial: West Terrace, Adelaide SA Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167037505 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Wallace, Martin Teacher; born Galway, Ireland, 16 November 1912; died Athelstone, South Australia, 29 March 1973, aged 60. Martin Wallace was educated at local schools until he was sixteen, and was a teacher of Gaelic before entering the Society at St Mary's, Emo Park, 7 September 1938. He studied philosophy at Tullamore, 1940-43, and did regency at Galway, 1943-44. Theology was at Milltown Park, 1944-48, and tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1948-49. He taught Gaelic, English, mathematics and religion at Galway, 1949-61, and was assistant prefect of studies for the preparatory school, 1954-60. It is not clear why he came to Australia, but he taught religion, English, and history at St Ignatius' College, Norwood, 1962-66, and then moved to the new school at Athelstone in 1967. He had been offered a job in Ireland to teach Gaelic, but he wanted to remain in Australia. In his earlier days in Australia he was well liked as a warm, cultured and sensitive man with a love of theology, history and the classics. He was a gifted conversationalist. But he was also a conservative man, fearful of changes in the post-Vatican II Church and Society. He was sensitive in personal relationships and not very tolerant of opinions differing from his own. However, the younger boys that he taught appreciated him, affectionately calling him 'Skippy'. He had a lively wit, and was kind to his students. He suffered from insomnia for many years and would pass long nights reading the latest theological journals. He rarely left the community grounds, spending his spare time in the garden constructing an extraordinary series of rock gardens, paths and bridges along the creek that bordered the school property at Athelstone. He was at home with nature where he found peace and serenity. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Martin

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Wallace

Order:

Date of Birth:

16-Nov-1912

Place of Birth:

Galway

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

29-Mar-1973

Place of Death:

Athelstone SA

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1973

Place of Burial:

West Terrace, Adelaide SA

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167037505

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Wallace, Martin

Teacher; born Galway, Ireland, 16 November 1912; died Athelstone, South Australia, 29 March 1973, aged 60.

Martin Wallace was educated at local schools until he was sixteen, and was a teacher of Gaelic before entering the Society at St Mary's, Emo Park, 7 September 1938. He studied philosophy at Tullamore, 1940-43, and did regency at Galway, 1943-44. Theology was at Milltown Park, 1944-48, and tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1948-49. He taught Gaelic, English, mathematics and religion at Galway, 1949-61, and was assistant prefect of studies for the preparatory school, 1954-60.

It is not clear why he came to Australia, but he taught religion, English, and history at St Ignatius' College, Norwood, 1962-66, and then moved to the new school at Athelstone in 1967. He had been offered a job in Ireland to teach Gaelic, but he wanted to remain in Australia. In his earlier days in Australia he was well liked as a warm, cultured and sensitive man with a love of theology, history and the classics. He was a gifted conversationalist.

But he was also a conservative man, fearful of changes in the post-Vatican II Church and Society. He was sensitive in personal relationships and not very tolerant of opinions differing from his own. However, the younger boys that he taught appreciated him, affectionately calling him 'Skippy'. He had a lively wit, and was kind to his students.

He suffered from insomnia for many years and would pass long nights reading the latest theological journals. He rarely left the community grounds, spending his spare time in the garden constructing an extraordinary series of rock gardens, paths and bridges along the creek that bordered the school property at Athelstone. He was at home with nature where he found peace and serenity.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Martin Wallace SJ

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